Software Consultant
UK

The median Software Consultant salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 803 927 1081
Rank change year-on-year +124 +154 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant 91 58 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.093% 0.055% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.060% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 67 46 56
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £52,500 £64,688 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £93,250 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -29.17% +26.32% +20.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Software Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Consultant in the UK

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Consultant.

Salary trend for Software Consultant in the UK

Software Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Consultant over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Consultant in the UK

Software Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +144 76 £42,500 -22.73% 17
UK excluding London +51 75 £42,500 -29.17% 10
Work from Home +99 28 £55,000 - 14
South East +27 19 £42,500 -32.00% 5
Midlands +18 17 £40,000 -33.33% 1
East of England +44 16 £55,000 -8.33% 1
North of England +42 15 £30,000 -25.00%
West Midlands +40 12 £41,250 -31.25%
London +159 9 £35,000 -36.36% 10
North West +3 8 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +88 7 £30,000 -
Northern Ireland - 7 £30,000 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 1
Scotland -58 1 - - 3

Software Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Consultant in the job title.

1 26 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (24.18%) Linux
3 20 (21.98%) Social Skills
4 19 (20.88%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (17.58%) Change Management
6 15 (16.48%) Business Development
6 15 (16.48%) Android
6 15 (16.48%) Customer Service
7 14 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
8 13 (14.29%) Apple iOS
8 13 (14.29%) Multithreading
8 13 (14.29%) Agile
8 13 (14.29%) SQL
9 11 (12.09%) C
9 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Excel
9 11 (12.09%) Client/Server
9 11 (12.09%) Software Testing
9 11 (12.09%) Automotive
9 11 (12.09%) Blog
9 11 (12.09%) Customer Engagement
9 11 (12.09%) IoT
9 11 (12.09%) Raspberry Pi
9 11 (12.09%) Presales
9 11 (12.09%) Multithreaded Programming
9 11 (12.09%) Commercial Awareness
10 10 (10.99%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (10.99%) SaaS
10 10 (10.99%) Python
11 9 (9.89%) XML
11 9 (9.89%) HTML

Software Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.59%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.99%) Cloud Computing
1 10 (10.99%) SaaS
2 6 (6.59%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.40%) AWS
4 3 (3.30%) Azure
4 3 (3.30%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.10%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.89%) Firewall
2 6 (6.59%) OpenFlow
3 2 (2.20%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.59%) Power BI
3 3 (3.30%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.10%) MySQL
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.10%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.10%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (9.89%) Jenkins
1 9 (9.89%) JIRA
1 9 (9.89%) Robot Framework
General
1 20 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.88%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Automotive
4 9 (9.89%) Aerospace
5 7 (7.69%) Finance
6 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.59%) Telecoms
7 5 (5.49%) Retail
8 4 (4.40%) Marketing
9 2 (2.20%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.89%) HTML
1 9 (9.89%) XML
2 6 (6.59%) OpenDaylight
3 4 (4.40%) Web Services
4 3 (3.30%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Blog
1 11 (12.09%) Client/Server
1 11 (12.09%) IoT
1 11 (12.09%) Raspberry Pi
2 9 (9.89%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (6.59%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.20%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.20%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.10%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.10%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.10%) Life Science
6 1 (1.10%) LIMS
6 1 (1.10%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.18%) Linux
2 15 (16.48%) Android
3 13 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.10%) Windows
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (17.58%) Change Management
3 15 (16.48%) Business Development
3 15 (16.48%) Customer Service
4 14 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 13 (14.29%) Agile
5 13 (14.29%) Multithreading
6 11 (12.09%) Commercial Awareness
6 11 (12.09%) Customer Engagement
6 11 (12.09%) Multithreaded Programming
6 11 (12.09%) Presales
6 11 (12.09%) Software Testing
7 9 (9.89%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (9.89%) Configuration Management
7 9 (9.89%) DevOps
7 9 (9.89%) Requirements Analysis
7 9 (9.89%) Service Delivery
7 9 (9.89%) Technical Analysis
7 9 (9.89%) Time Management
7 9 (9.89%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.29%) SQL
2 11 (12.09%) C
3 10 (10.99%) Python
4 9 (9.89%) Bash
5 7 (7.69%) C++
6 2 (2.20%) Java
7 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.40%) DV Cleared
1 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.30%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.10%) PMO
Systems Management
1 9 (9.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (9.89%) ServiceNow
2 7 (7.69%) Autodesk
3 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle